ejbohan'S MOCK DRAFT

WAS-12.26-1

  • ejbohan DRAFTING FOR THE
    Commanders
Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (WSH)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (WSH)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (WSH)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Delmar Glaze Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (WSH)
Delmar Glaze
C Maryland
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (WSH)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NYJ)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC- FutureA
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a B weekend for the Commanders.

The search is over. The Commanders handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development.

They will need Robinson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The Tampa steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In No. 7 they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in the 36th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 JC Latham
JC Latham in pick 37 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick68 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa at the Round 3 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick100 Rnd3 Tommy Eichenberg
A reach on Tommy Eichenberg in Round 3, Pick 37; the board had better options right there. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick104 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Dominick Puni in the 104th pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick141 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
A big swing on Darius Robinson at slot 141, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick144 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
They liked McCallan Castles enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 144. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick182 Rnd6 Delmar Glaze
Delmar Glaze at Round 6, Pick 7 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Justin Eboigbe
They talked themselves into Justin Eboigbe at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.